stock (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Main body of a tree1. stirps, pis, f.2. rare in this sense, caudex, ĭcis, m.II. Fig.1. stīpes, ĭtis, m.2. caudex3. truncusIII. Origin, lineage1. stirps2. gĕnusIV. SupplyV. Esp. the capital and implements employed in working a businessVI. Cattle1. res pĕcuāria2. pĕcus, ŏris, n.VII. Capital investedVIII. The wooden part of a tool • stock (subs.): I. Main body of a tree: 1. stirps, pis, f.: v. trunk. 2. rare in this sense, caudex, ĭcis, m.: Plin. 16, 30, 53. (Caudex usu. denotes a mere dry stump or log: as also does stīpes.) II. Fig.: applied to a person very dull and senseless: 1. stīpes, ĭtis, m.: Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4. 2. caudex: ib. 3. truncus: Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84. III. Origin, lineage: 1. stirps: Cic.: Virg.: v. lineage. 2. gĕnus: v. race. See also origin, rank, family. IV. Supply: cōpia: accumulated s., anteconvecta c., Liv. 5, 13: v. supply, quantity. Phr.: to have a good s. of anything, abundare aliqua re, Cic. Sen. 16, 56: to have a good s. of everything, omnibus rebus instructum esse, id. Man. 8, 20: v. furnished. V. Esp. the capital and implements employed in working a business: instrūmentum (which however can scarcely include actual money): to maintain farms with large outlay and large s., arationes magna impensa, magno i. tueri, Cic. Verr. 3, 21, 53: cf. Auct. pro dom. 20, 62, i. villae (i. e. implements of husbandry): Varr. R. R. 1, 13. To include the notion of goods in hand, instrumentum ac merces: v. merchandize. VI. Cattle: 1. res pĕcuāria: a large amount of s., res p. ampla, Cic. Quint. 3, 12: Scrr. R. R. 2. pĕcus, ŏris, n.: v. cattle. (Pecuaria also occurs absol. = s.-farming, cattle-breeding.) VII. Capital invested: use pĕcūniae: s.s of all kinds are low, jacent pretia pecuniarum collocatarum omnium: cf. Cic. R. Com. 12 (quum jacerent pretia praediorum). VIII. The wooden part of a tool: use lignum.